Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-09-08

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husband has forgotten it She likes
the pleasure. 1t is like old times again.
She can get outside what she does not
get at home. And there is one among
these appreciative outsiders who has
little principle. but good deal OF
other things He makes his compli.
ments. perhaps learns the situation.
expresses sympathy. gains her conf
dence, abuses it, and there are dissen-
sions. discussions. and at length divorce
proceedings. You poor, injured. mis-
cradle petitioner" you remember
what you promised. and how you set
about performing for = few weeks.
Had you kept your promises, had you
made good the ideal You held up to that
poor creature, You and she might have
escaped this wreck.
On the other side of the case, where
the wife is cold, callous, mechanical in
her methods. and gets into the way Of
treating the husband as mere neces-
sary part of the concern which she is
to criticise and run, and with the cor
responding tragedy. we do not need to
set it out in words. 1t is melancholy
in its details. and repulsive in its re-
suits.
Nor is it in this one most intimate
relationship only that the question ap-
plies: Why not always? One comes
into family. perhaps as second moth
err or father to a group of step-childrcn.
All is harmonious Demonstrations of
good feeling are made. But as life
goes on little, the forms of this good
feeling are left out, and the feeling
itself follows; for we are SO constituted
that. as the expression of indignation
makes Us more indignant. so the ex-
preston of attachment deepens the
feeling. Il have no home-feeling."
may be heard from the lips of those
who, with more or less of blame to
themselves, have gone into these Arc
tic regions. Here, if anywhere. care.
constituencies. patience and little
studious unselfshness are needed.
There are difficulties in the nature of
the case, but the evil can be overcome
with good. and the victory is worth
seeking. if not tor our own sakes, for
the sake of others.
The same experience is sometimes
witnessed in the domain of simple
friendships. We do not write now of
the fearful vows and heart-breaking
partings of schoolgirls, and the we'll
meant promises to write with fire.
quency that promises much to the In
land Revenue Department-but alas!
does not make it good. We refer to
alliances of men and women where IA
vors are rendered, where there has
been cooperation in common work.
where the association has been con-
genial. and where there was true and
solid pleasure in the intercourse. Why
not keep it up? 1t was real JOY;
why not strive to have it always? Why
should any one have to say: 1--WE were
much together and appeared fond Of
one another. fast friends, l hoped, for
life; but somehow l was dropped Off
human nature, l SUPPOSE
Even in the relation which combines
many of the elements of the home, and
Of friendship. that of pastor and peo-
pie, there are cases where the early
months or years of it are frightened
by display of appreciation which glad
den the heart and brighten the life.
but which disappear as time advances.
So enth usiasm is chilled, and the bond
becomes loose and the minister is like
a swallow on the housetop waiting to
fly to warmer climate. In some such
cases the question might be put again:
Why not always?-Rev. John HaN. D
D. in n y Ledger.